JUST FOR TODAY -- One Day at a Time .... Daily commitment thread for 2019
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JFT
1. Better late than never! ✔
2. Log all food ✔
3. Drink another water ✔
4. Stay positive! ✔
JFT
1. Log all food
2. Make lunches
3. Put away laundry
4. DH work laundry
5. Cook dinner at home
6. Shower
7. Waters1 -
mytime6630 wrote: »TerriRichardson112 wrote: »I started a 3 month weight loss Challenge on Friday 1 Nov, but Halloween over-indulgence in chocolate 🍫 and complacency have had a detrimental effect on my scale progress. I have been much more sensible today, so hoping for a better result tomorrow morning.
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IS the 3 month challenge on this site?? I need to really work harder ... I also have been into the candy. I did SO well all the way up until this week. Got sick, and have been drinking a lot of orange juice. Today I felt better ... and went to the store. Halloween candy is 50-75% off ... and I made the mistake of buying 2 bags!
And not feeling well, I've been eating them! I hate to see what the scale says tomorrow (and I still have candy left!).
So I need to also buckle down. I am less than 3 pounds from being in the "normal" weight range, and I still want to lose 15 after that!
Love to join that 3 month challenge!
This is the link for the 3 Month Weight Loss Challenge
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10769983/3-month-weight-loss-challenge-pick-your-difficulty-starts-november-4th-ed#latest
@Bex953172 Is it electric.? It looks very swish!0 -
@Bex953172 I love the coziness of your electric fireplace! I have one also that Tim surprised me with because I miss having a wood burning fireplace like we had at our last house. It just makes such a nice ambience doesn't it? I like the colors and pattern on your walls too!1
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I hope everyone had a great weekend! Ours was busier than normal. Yesterday my DH was in his first craft show with the wooden bowls that he makes. He is a wood turner and they are just beautiful. He did pretty well for his first time and for it not being quite the right venue for what he does. It was fun and exhausting. Then last night I didn't sleep well. not sure why...well, maybe I do. I didn't take my nighttime pills, so my brain never shut off. Today we turned our clocks back a hour so I felt like I gained an hour, so that was a good thing today. I ate like crap yesterday...all grab and go junk food. So not very proud of myself for not planning better than that.
Tomorrow is Monday already, so I'm going to finish watching the Packers vs Chargers game, get my stuff prepped for tomorrow, and then head to bed early tonight.
Love to all. xoxoxo
DISCARD 5 LB CHALLENGE #4
SW: 188.6 on 10/8
CW: 185 -3.6
GW: 183.6 will be a 5 lb loss
Just for Monday:- Only eat between the hours of 10:00/10:30a and 6:00/6:30p
- No sugar/no flour/no dairy
- Log every bite
- Be mindful and eat only while sitting down
- Drink 80+ oz of water
- Schedule clinic rounding
- Update workflow handout to present at Tuesday's meeting
- Complete rest of to-do's that I have been procrastinating on at work
- Begin working on my self-eval for my annual review. (I cannot tell you how much I hate doing this.)
- Catch up on Bible study - Losing Weight God's Way
- Walk dog / Leslie Sansone video / Dance Groove - pick one and do it!
- 20 minutes of strength training - need to Google for easy strength training start-up activities
- Set coffeemaker for tomorrow morning. Set alarm for 15 minutes earlier. Set out tomorrow's outfit.
- Bedtime early, gratitude journal, DO reading, JM podcast. Read. (Still need to find a new book since I finished the last mystery series.) Lights out by 10:00.
WOY 2019: TENACITY -- I will NOT give up!
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Halloween over-indulgence in chocolate 🍫 and complacency have had a detrimental effect on my scale progress. Being much more sensible, so hoping for a better results.
The only failure is giving up!============================================================
DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
NAME: Terri
SW: 167.4
GW: 162.4
28/08: 162.4 - 5 lb It’s taken almost the whole month! And I could be up again tomorrow. 😂
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DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE 2
NAME: Terri
SW: 162.4 (28/08)
GW: 157.4
25/09: CW: 157.2 - 5.2
WOO! HOO! 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
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DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE 3
NAME: Terri
SW: 157.2 (26/09)
GW: 152.2
07/10: CW: 155.8 - 1.4 lb 😃
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DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE 4
NAME: Terri
SW: 156.0 (08/10)
GW: 151
03/11: CW: 152.3 - 3.7 Still in the wrong direction!!!
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Daily GoalsJFT: Sun 03 Nov- Food: log All food and drink; stay under goal; balance macros/micros; Hydrate adequately; NLNS!!!
- Exercise: Knee Physio; 7,500+ Steps daily; 30 + minutes intentional exercise
- Other: Daily Mindfulness Practice/Meditation;; Practice Self-care; Positively reframe thoughts; Learn something new; 15 mins Daily Declutter session
Goals: 🌻
Activities:- vacuum bedrooms --->(Did a wardrobe declutter instead)
- Visit DED and grandsons 🌻
Goals:
Activities- 10.30am: Creative Writing
- 2 pm: Monday Painters 👩🎨
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DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE 3 -- Starting Date Monday 31st Sep
NAME: Sarah
SW (this challenge) :174.5
GW (this challenge): 169.5
CW: 169.25 -5.25
DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE 4 -- Starting Date Tuesday 8th Sep
NAME: Sarah
SW (this challenge) :169
GW (this challenge): 164
CW: 171.75 +2.75
So I am up since the start of the challenge, but I'm not particularly surprised about this given my week away with the pizza, pasta and gelato. Om. I'm pleased I've only gone up a small amount though and I WILL bring it down soon!
I'm feeling a new sense of optimism after my holiday - think the break did me some good.
What's also making me feel good is that I've made a decision to widen my criteria in my job search. I've been trying to break into a new field, but it's really hard to change career and takes a long time as you just aren't as qualified as people already in the field so you get lots of rejections. It's been really getting me down as I'm desperate to leave my job. So I've decided to apply for:
1) Jobs in my current field in other companies - I might find it's just my company that's the problem and that I actually still like what I do. Other companies do slightly different work, which would bring new challenge
2) Jobs that are a hybrid between what I currently do and what I want to do - there aren't tons of these but there are some. I found one that I plan to apply for (and that would be quite a serious promotion as well. It's not that likely I'll get it but there's no harm in applying!)
I should get a job much quicker that way. And then, I will hopefully like what I get and want to stay in it for a while. But if not, I'll be in a new job that I will hate less and I will have more energy to apply again for the career change - and more patience to stand the time it takes.
And it's amazing but just that decision to make life easier and get something new quickly feels like it has lifted a massive weight off my shoulders. This is making it easier to do everything else.
Hopefully this optimism will continue!
Today's commitments:
- Log everything I eat
- Be in the green with 300 deficit (exercise calories)
- No alcohol
- 4 bottles water
- Go to gym
- No eating while standing
- Savour every bite
- Talk back to sabotaging thoughts
- Give myself credit!
- Stay positive
- Do 1+ thing in French
- Sort out emails (job/ other)
- Sort out finances
- Plan job application strategy
- Start a job application
- Fill out health form
- Ring mum
- Talk to upstairs neighbours about water leak(!)
- Gratitude journal
- Lights off by 11pm
Update on goals for 2019:
- Logging - 7/7 days logged
- Staying within maintenance - 1/1 week done
- Staying within alcohol limits - 0/1 week done
- Quality time boyfriend - 1/1 week done3 -
JFT Monday
- 8 glasses of water
- Walk dog
- Exercise?
The biggest lie I tell myself is: I don't need to write that down, I'll remember it LOL4 -
I just listened to a really good Half Size Me podcast (no. 403) about holiday eating and how to combat it - starting with Halloween and going up to New Year.
I think lots of you would find it beneficial! @mytime6630 it made me think of you, quite a few of the things she mentioned on it were things you've said on here.
It made me think about what I can do differently this year. I don't really do Halloween, but December is always a problem for me as there are lots of social events and treats in the office. This year, I refuse to gain weight in December!
I recommend the podcast to everyone!3 -
JFT Monday
1. No AM run. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. Balance work. Feed cats. Meds. Tea!
2. Before school: Check class websites. Update first directions. Review and print Machiavelli notes. Pull up Machiavelli documentary.
3. Class 1: Malala ch 5-6; NoRedInk.
4. Class 2-3: Machiavelli Day 2 (documentary), NoRedInk / challenge book.
5. Planning: Call parents if students have not returned PRs. Work on open enrollment. Work on Malala plans. What assessments for Machiavelli?
6. Drink more water. No, more. Keep the pitcher in the fridge full. You're not actually hungry. Make some tea. Drink more water!
7. Lifting? Meeting 4:30. Dinner: ?? Grade poetry projects at game. OPEN ENROLLMENT.
8. Read 20 pages of Rage. Update Goodreads. Weigh and prep celery. Prep cheese and saag.
9. Gratitude journal. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. Meds. Floss, rinse, brush teeth. Alarm set for 5:00.
10. Ask about how to support new AP. Practice hair braiding with D. Check on appts for drs. Remind D to ask his dad about the table. Check with D about ceiling. START BLOGGING AGAIN. 3 posts/week? Create test for MLA format. Create unit plan for Malala. Put jewelry away. Fold laundry. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. Remember that M does not like surprises! Check dates of classes and update semester plan. Request parent meeting with KC and BW.
Scale goalsEnd of 2017: 174.6
End of 2018: 189.2
January 2019: 186.0
February 2019: 187.0
Today: 192.6
Ongoing plans/ideas behind the cut1. Purchases: Look for an "ugly Christmas sweater" and a long-haired doll at thrift stores. Practice French braiding. Go to used bookstore and look for On Writing (Stephen King), Dying for a Paycheck (Robin Hardman), The Prince (tr. Tim Parks, Russell Price, or Robert Adams), The Secret Adversary (Christie).
2. E2: What should the controlling ideas be in a study of world literature? Review world lit options. Create vocabulary lists for each unit that come from the texts used: Animal Farm, Julius Caesar, Wes Moore, I Am Malala. Find a way to incorporate changing words from one part of speech to another. Students need to know how to review multiple sources and synthesize information in order to draw a conclusion. Need practice with the difference between transitions and overlapping (at end of paragraph - "another issue is Y" vs "there are other issues besides X"). Quit using "in conclusion" and "I believe" and other writing-about-my-writing phrases. Confusion between direct/indirect objects and prepositional phrases. Use the UDHR and the Declaration of Independence to study paraphrasing; use that to front-load Machiavelli and how to deal with challenging texts. Confusion between everyday / every day and similar constructions.
3. E1: Need practice with quoting & paraphrasing sources, identifying claims that would need support, use of last names for reference, and capitalization practice (common/proper nouns, titles). Difficulty using possessive nouns in their own writing. Honors: practice subject/object pronouns (my friend and I / my friend and me). Poetry: Revise "Songs are Poetry" handouts.
4. Curriculum Development: Writing mini-unit. Review scholarly research on 5PE. (I think I can have this as an intro to the research unit so that they also get exposure to how quotes are integrated and cited.) Parallel structure; use of emotional language, specific detail. Use "Write About a Pebble" lesson from Atwell. How long should each unit take? Do research on characteristics: curiosity, persistence, resilience, creativity, responsibility, optimism, courage, integrity, authenticity, leadership, self-awareness, humility, compassion - others? Include grammarly check on essays! Review assessments. What is the purpose for each unit? What should the controlling ideas be in a study of world literature? Review world lit options. Schedule assessments for Fall 2019; plan out return times. Write 1 reflection weekly; type one in Classroom by Weds. Copy-paste to PB for comments due Friday. PB usernames 6 digits, no 19 or 20s, no birthdates. Homework: Online journal Mon due Tue; Reflection Tue due Wed; C&P journal in class Wed; Comments Thu due Fri. Bonus if you are the first response; further bonus if you respond to comments on your post. Grammar practice Mon & Wed; quiz Fri.
5. Professional Development: Write blog post weekly. Comment on 3 posts each week -Tu Th Sun? Check with PSC. Talk with Z about articles and/or conference proposals. NOTE: ATTENDED PRE FLEX DAY.
6. Medical: Dentist Apr 30 8 AM but check on meetings and RS. Onco Apr ???. PCP Schedule for July. ObG schedule for October. PCP - allergy shots?
7. Theater: What's next?
8. House: Mineral oil on tile spots. Check with D about ceiling.
9. Fun: Open beading on Thursdays. Coloring at library on Tuesday. Put jewelry away. Edney Hack Nights alt Weds. ASL? Spanish/Portuguese practice? Practice piano. ROL Secret Adversary. Buy new bikes and bike rack for car.
10. Volunteering ideas: Theater. Library. Animal shelter.
WFTY: Climbing. My head aches and my tummy is bleugh.
I haven't been exercising because my back hurts. I've got what I need to lift this afternoon but I'm not sure if I'm going to. We'll see. And then there's stuff going on tonight so I won't get a run in either. 3 -
Good morning all! I've been getting so behind in this thread, but I'm back and I've decided to make a challenge for myself. Anyone else who wants to do it is more than welcome - my challenge is to stay within my calories every day until Thanksgiving. It's going to be really hard but I know I can do this..plus having a day like Thanksgiving to look forward to should help!
JFT 11/4:
1. Stay within calorie goal
2. Finish work at 5:20
3. Do dishes
4. Walk dogs5 -
5lb Challenge
Oct 9 - 191.2
Today - 190.2
Loss - 1
JFT - Sunday Nov 3
2l of water - 👿 1.5
Log all food - 🙂 Yes but it was about double of what it should have been
15 minutes of exercise - 👿
Gratitude journal - 🙂
JFT - Monday Nov 4
2L of water
Log all food
15 minutes of exercise
Gratitude journal
I overate so much yesterday. I was hungry and craving all the high carb, high fat stuff I could find. I made a big breakfast, had homemade burgers and fries for supper and then had cheese melted in tostitos in the evening. I also ate 3 or 4 of the little chocolate bars leftover from Halloween. My weight is up today because of it.
@bokmeister86 - I’m so happy to read that you have reached a decision about your job hunt. Have you given notice at your job yet? I still don’t understand why you have to give three months that seems so unreasonable to me.
@packerfaninGB - I bet Tim’s bowls are beautiful, I have some that my Dad made for me and I love them.
I am up way too early and I hate having free time before going to work it makes me sleepy and I want to go back to bed. I usually wake up, get ready and leave the house all within about 20 minutes. I don’t usually eat breakfast I just make a coffee.
Today is payroll day so I am going to just head in early I think.
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Had a pretty good weekend, my DIY repairs went well on Saturday, and I babysat on Sunday.
JFT Monday 4th November
Back exercises, at least 2 sets
Neck exercises
Gratitude
Do not buy chocolate
Get winter duvet down from loft
Stick down rug, again, first attempt didn't work
Sort paperwork
DISCARD 5LBS CHALLENGE 4
NAME: Ellie
SW: 181
GW: 176
CW: 4/11 179 -2lbs
Must try harder, have been stuck on 2lbs off for ages.2 -
JFT
1. Log all food ✔
2. Make lunches ✔
3. Put away laundry ✔
4. DH work laundry ✔
5. Cook dinner at home ✔
6. Shower ✔
7. Waters ✔
JFT
1. Log all food
2. Eat packed lunch
3. Cook dinner at home
4. Only one candy, only after fruit
5. Waters
6. Set up roku
7. Bed by 92 -
Happy Monday all my JFTers! I'm finding that I've rarely been posting JFT on weekends, even though I have my usual daily goals. Tbh, weekends are the only times hubby and I can spend together, so that plus recent fall yardwork have kept me/us busy and off my home computer. I guess I always had an excuse to not post: in summer, I was busy with other stuff. At least I've been logging food & exercise using my phone. I'm hoping once winter really starts, I will post JFT on weekends again.
JFT M 11/4 ~ Rainy early this morning = no dog walk & rest day for me
1) Move hourly / stairs breaks / 5 somethings
2) Meals & snacks prelogged / stick w/ plan / NO snacks after supper / net calories zero / 14c water
3) Prep Inquiry Checklist for T a.m. / update APG for observations completed / update EE Self-Service contact info
4) To-do's: call mom & dad (today is his 85th birthday) / update JFT w/i post / Frontier order due 4 p.m. / Schwan's delivery / balance bank accts / update budget s/s / wash dishes / other?
5) Unplug 9:00 / floss / retainers / bed & tv off 10:20 (walk dog T a.m)
So I behaved myself F night at party somewhat ~ stuck with 2 beers. Unfortunately, even though I ate supper at home first, I didn't resist party food b/c it's food I'm not usually around anymore. Oops - logged G/B/U anyway. Had great time catching up w/ friends and several former co-workers.
Sat. was more fall yardwork; now we are done except for raking last leaves to fall from backyard trees. Cold weather is making me think of hot comfort food so Sat. I made baked sausage w/ lentils & veggies for supper, and Sun. I made big pot of pea soup using ham bone in freezer (double-win). Soup also offset the brunch that hubby and I went out for earlier.
Dog had good weekend too: I walked her after 5 day break, and no limping. 3.56 miles on Sat., 4.02 miles on Sun. and we watched deer cross the road < 1/2 mile from home. Happy dog & happy me.1 -
Weekly Weigh-In = When I'm active I eat back calories. My weaknesses: I love food... my sweet tooth, especially chocolate... portion control... FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). Saturday a.m. is my MFP weigh-in logging day, and I peek occasionally other days. My digital scale only shows half pound increments & I'm too cheap to buy a fancier scale. No goal dates set ~ this is not a diet but my lifestyle.
Age 62, 5'4.5" remembered to add another year
GW #1: 150 in a livable way = It's. Not. A. Diet.
GW #2: 145 normal BMI
UG maintain: 145 - 150 [Need to be realistic! Revised from 140 - 145]
11/5/15 = 195.0 joined MFP with no real plan except It's. Not. A. Diet.
1/10/17 = 185.5 clearly not a regular on MFP / joined JFT, best group ever!
5/31/17 = 180.5 two end of month celebrations / committed to posting weekly weigh-in06/03 = 177.509/02/17 = 170.0 Woohoo! Officially overweight, not obese
06/10 = 179.5 pre-10K spaghetti supper night before
06/17 = 179.5 numerous meals away from home, several occasions w/ alcohol, happy no gain
06/24 = 178.0 fluctuated during week, but ended ok
07/01 = 176.0 Yay!!! Achieved June goal to stay <180
07/08 = 177.5 oops
07/15 = 176.5
07/22 = 175.0
07/29 = 174.0 saw at least one daily w-i below 174
08/05 = 174.5 dined out for Girls Day Out & ate Dad's cooking & baking
08/12 = 173.5 scale flirted with even lower numbers on daily weigh-ins
08/19 = 173.5 had couple of high calorie days
08/26 = 172.0 kind of a surprise09/09 = 171.5 backsliding, ack!12/09/17 = 158.5 surprised to say the least / first time in 10 years my weight is 1-5-anything!
09/16 = 169.5 yay, the middle number is a six!
09/23 = 168.5 have lots challenges in upcoming week
09/30 = 167.0 met Sept goal to stay under 170
10/07 = 166.0
10/14 = 166.5 dined out 2 days with adult beverages plus wine & cheesecake at spa
10/21/17 = 166.5 dined out 2 days plus food day in office / no gain is good [joined Just Give Me 10 Days challenge (daily w/i)]
10/28 = 164.5 very active week & watched CICO / reached October goal of 165
11/04 = 163.0 wow, really surprised at this, daily fluctuations very up and down this week
11/11 = 164.5 this is temporary b/c very high sodium yesterday
11/18 = 162.0 big surprise, especially b/c I weigh myself daily and didn't see this all week
11/25 = 163.0 no surprise after 2 no-logging-food days (parade day and Thanksgiving), just glad not worse
12/02 = 161.0 Jingle Bell 5K day / 44:37 chip time & ave. pace 14:22 & very happy!
12/16 = 158.0 no work parties or food days & stuck with CICO12/29/18 = 159.5 stayed 1-5-anything over holidays & vacation days at home
12/23 = 157.5 no "workouts" but shoveled snow & snowshoed, busy with Christmas preparations
12/30 = 159.0 Christmas Day no food/beverages logged
01/06/18 = 159.0 New Year's Eve hubby & I splurged on treats & beverages (at home), and I did not log...totally worth it!
01/13 = 157.0 big surprise! Yesterday evening, walked in Frenzy on the Fox 5K in 47:26 & pace 15:19. Very happy with my time, wore layers of clothes in 10 degrees & NNW 12 mph wind, fun event.
01/20 = 156.5
01/27 = 156.5 maintaining / not a bad thing
02/03 = sick / no weigh in
02/10 = 152.5 unhealthy loss due to illness / I know weight will go back up & I'm totally fine with that
02/17/18 = 153.0 thrilled with annual physical on 2/15/18: BP 110/68, pulse 64 and BMI 26.14
02/24 = 154.0 little out of control last week, but at goal for the month
03/03 = 155.5 oops / still lower than before I was sick
03/10 = 153.5 back on track
03/17 = 152.5
03/24 = 153.0 evening snacks & two days straight of 8 hr seminars (+ lots of sitting)
03/31 = 153.5 pre-10K spaghetti supper night before / Badger State Brewing 10K 1:30:28.82 and average pace 14:35
04/07 = 154.5 ack ~ ate Easter candy most evenings
04/14 = 153.5 Day 1 of record-setting blizzard ~ yuck! Followed by day 2 of blizzard, then snow day (no work / still shoveling & plowing) on Monday ~ in APRIL ~ yikes!
04/21 = 153.5 after such weird week & daily weight fluctuations, happy to maintain
04/28 = 152.0
05/05 = 153.5 kinda stalled three months + feeling hungry more often ~ since w/i 10# of goal, changed MFP setting to lose 1/2 lb. per week & see how it goes
05/12 = 153.5 ok with this ~ think changing my MFP setting, and having more net calories to play with, is agreeing with me ~ I'm not so hungry all the time
05/19 = 154.0 drinks (2 margaritas) & dinner w/ BFF night before + enjoyed everything!
05/26/18 = 153.0 Health Risk Assessment 5/15/18 ~ BMI 25.6
06/02 = 153.0 basically in maintenance for now ~ I'll take it!
06/09 = 152.5 Bellin Run 10K 1:28:12 split time 45:03 ave. pace 14:12 ~ beat goal of < 1:30
06/16 = 152.0
06/23 = 156.0 end of vacation week & lots of eating out
06/30 = 155.5
07/07 = 156.0 post-vacation w/i net calories not. so. much. Ack!
07/14 = 154.5 prelogging & sticking w/ plan helps
07/21 = 154.5 Packers 5K 44:50 ave pace 14:26 min/mile ~ beat goal < 45:00
07/28 = 157.5 peanut M&M attacks (eek) + dinner out w/ SIL/niece (yum!) + staff luncheon (ick)
08/03 = 155.5 started Evening Snack Challenge on JFT
08/11 = 158.0 stressful week (job crap ~ hubby's & my own)
, Chinese buffet 1 evening & Feast with the Beasts (so worth it!)
08/18 = 157.5 saw 156.0 during week ~ evening snack challenge not. so. good.
08/25 = 156.0 prelogged as much as possible & CICO getting better
09/01 = 154.5 included Taste on Broadway & office relocation so packing & moving boxes ~ very pleased
09/08 = 157.5 too many office bday indulgences / City Stadium 5K for Veterans 44:27 & ave. pace 14:16 ~ beat goal of < 44:30
09/15 = 156.0
09/22 = 155.5 maybe lower if not for Pizza Ranch prairie pizza & wine at BFF's the night before
09/29 = 154.0
10/06 = 155.0 may include water retention in muscles b/c resumed home version of weights & circuit-training day before
10/13 = 157.0 birthday treats & adult beverages / walked in Run for the Hill of It 5K in 48:13 pace 15:32 & hill 2:01 ~ beat both time (part unpaved trail with sloppy conditions due to 5" rain over preceding week) & hill (finish is UP a steep sledding hill) from last year and learned only 25 out of 267 participants finished the hill < 1 min.
10/20 = 155.0
10/27 = 158.0 oops... lots of leaf-raking the evening before + too. much. snacking.
11/03 = 156.5 better planning / stopped evening snacking (mostly)
11/10 = 156.0 basically stuck in maintenance mode ~ not the worst thing
11/17 = 157.0
11/24 = 159.5 Thanksgiving week & paid time off with hubby ~ def going in wrong direction ~ oops
12/01 = 157.5 Jingle Bell 5K 45:38 & ave. pace 14:42 ~ not bad
12/08 = 157.0
12/15 = 156.5 clearly in maintenance mode all year ~ not exactly the plan but I'm ok with this for now ~ really happy to stay 1-5-anything
12/22 = 155.5 surprised by this ~ maybe due to much later than normal weigh-in (late start to the day)01/05/19 = 157.5Hiatus from MFP 4/17 - 4/29 (Easter 4/21)
01/12 = 158.0 Frenzy on the Fox 5K 1/11 with friends ~ not timed / MapMyWalk 54:19
01/19 = 158.0 maintained even with evening snacking & skipped workouts
01/26 = 157.5
02/02 = 158.5 hubby's traditional bday dinner + leftovers + evening snacking ~ oops
02/09 = 158.5 ok with no gain / Seroogy's Valentine 5K 48:34:89 & ave. pace 15:89 in below zero temps & icy mile 2
02/16 = 158.0
02/23 = 160.0 oops... deserved, net cals & sodium def red prior 3 days. Annual physical 2/26 159.6 fully clothed.
03/02 = 159.5
03/09 = 157.5
03/16 = 158.0 feeling unwell & no workouts all week
03/23 = 157.5 finally feeling better
03/31 = 160.5 posting Sun. month end w/i ~ too many days, net calories RED. Badger State Brewing 10K 3/30 in 1:28:14 & ave. pace 14:12 and beat goal < 1:30
04/06 = 160.0 saw 158.5 during week
04/13 = 159.5
05/04 = 161.5 logging again starting 4/30
05/11 = 163.0 ack
05/18 = 163.0 no gain
05/25 = 163.0 could be worse
06/01 = 162.0
06/08 = 162.0 pre-race spaghetti night before / Bellin Run 10K 1:29:54 split 44:13 ave. pace 14:29
06/15 = 164.0 ate at fast food, cafe (brunch), pub (happy hour), seminar (lunch), dinner at BFF's (sangria)
06/22 = 162.5 better eating & tracking
06/29 = 163.5 two days of conference food
07/06 = 162.5
07/13 = 163.5 two out-of-town family parties + diner food + drinks/dinner at Mexican restaurant
07/20 = 166.0 cousin's funeral luncheon (one whole table w/ family desserts) + restaurant week lunch w/ hubby + pizza supper w/ hubby
07/27 = 165.0
08/03 = 164.5 happy to see any loss at all... I am the tortoise
08/10 = 167.5 high sodium & emotional eating
08/17 = 167.5
08/24 = 165.5
08/31 = 169.5 staycation week & ate whatever I wanted
09/07 = 167.0 flushed sodium & water weight / City Stadium 5K for Veterans 45:12 (goal < 45:00) & ave. pace 14:33
09/14 = 166.5
09/21 = 166.0
09/27 = 165.5
10/05 = 167.5 pre-race food ~ Pink Pumpkin 5K 44:06 (goal < 45:00) & ave. pace 14:12
10/12 = 165.5 eating back on track ~ Run for the Hill of It 5K (trail event) 48:06 & hill 1:58 (goal < 2 min.)
10/19 = 165.5
10/26 = 165.0 slowly but surely... my lifestyle is NOT a diet
11/02 = 165.5 party food night before
“Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” Francis of Assisi1 -
bookmeister86 wrote: »I just listened to a really good Half Size Me podcast (no. 403) about holiday eating and how to combat it - starting with Halloween and going up to New Year.
I think lots of you would find it beneficial! @mytime6630 it made me think of you, quite a few of the things she mentioned on it were things you've said on here.
It made me think about what I can do differently this year. I don't really do Halloween, but December is always a problem for me as there are lots of social events and treats in the office. This year, I refuse to gain weight in December!
I recommend the podcast to everyone!
I am going to look this up!!! Thank you for the suggestion!2 -
Happy Monday all! It is Sierra's 17th birthday and I am reminded of all the blessings in my life. I'm going to try this new thing called "Not b!tch!ng about my life" and move toward "Fake it until you make it." I tend to be overly open about my life and my problems on here because I share them with no one IRW. Anyhow, today is going to be a better day. Started weening from some of my medication and set up an appt. with a new doc as the old doc is in poor health. It's a controlled decrease of just a few medications with hopes of starting with less baggage with the new doc. I do feel less "foggy" but that could just be a placebo effect. Cheers to all of this!
I played happy homemaker this weekend. Prepared two large pots of comfort food. Chicken Noodle "Soup" (very thick) and Vegetable Noodle Soup. My daughter loves when I make homemade noodles, but she is experimenting with a vegetarian diet so our staple chicken noddle didn't work. Roasted a chicken, made stocks, made homemade noodles, baked bread and made a blackberry pie. It all turned out great except for the pie. The pie was a liquidy mess. I tried to eat a slice, but ended up send the whole thing down the disposal.
AND in addition to cooking... ALL of my laundry was done as of Sunday evening!
JFT Monday
- Up early to fix cinnamon rolls for Sierra's birthday
- Work on time
- Write and issue Addendum 1 to the Global Lab 3Q report.
- Buy new jeans that will fit around my waist as I have a business casual training next week and have nothing to wear.
- Catch up with JFT group.
- Join 3 month challenge. Thank Terri.
- Eat the lunch I brought.
- Log my day, but not worry too much about calories.
- Limit to one treat during the day and one at night.
- Sierra's favorite spaghetti for dinner. Maybe whip up a few cupcakes, she was disappointed by the cookie cake I bought. She wanted mom's cupcakes. Made me smile.
- Do my Bible reading.
- Do gratitude journal.
- Get back to the things that have made me successful in the past.
- Bed by 11:00pm
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Oh dear today is not going well!
We were cleaning the bathroom today, and we knew the bath plug was blocked (mostly my hair LOL) but then the bathroom sink was blocked too, quite badly actually.
The bath was easy to fix, well easyish. We had to disconnect the pipes but they were all plastic so a bit of work but easy.
But the sink? It eventually just stopped going down, as we were using it. And we couldn't figure out what was blocking it. So I ran to the shop and got some drain unblocker (basically acid in a gel lol) and even that didn't work. So we were stumped. Found if we couldn't disconnect it because it was a lead pipe (all in one peice) so we couldn't disconnect it.
We blasted the shower head down the plug and bits of soil and pebbles started floating up?
I know right. Wtf.
We finally figured out that every time Marley has "gone to toilet" she had actually been going to the bathroom sink and picking soil out the plant on the windowsill and pebbles and putting them down the sink.
We could see little finger marks in the soil.
We FINALLY got it unblocked though but it was so hard and so stressful.
But yeah, my goals are out the window today.
I'm very tired, very grumpy, pizza for tea cause neither of us can be bothered to cook.
And I don't think I've had a single drink today.
Hopefully better day tomorrow, both girls are back at school!
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Snowflake1968 wrote: »
@bokmeister86 - I’m so happy to read that you have reached a decision about your job hunt. Have you given notice at your job yet? I still don’t understand why you have to give three months that seems so unreasonable to me.
Not yet. I'm feeling a bit more refreshed after my holiday and work is a little bit better as a major deadline that was causing people to behave very badly has passed. That means that work is less upsetting, and I'm managing to fit in job hunting better. I'm also hopeful that, now I've widened my options, I'll be able to find a job easier - for a start, I can work with recruiters who do a lot of the job for you. I wasn't previously approaching them because I didn't think they'd be interested in me when I was doing a career change (it's hard to sell someone who's less experienced) but now I'm back on more familiar territory I think they'll be helpful if I need.
Ideally I'd prefer not to quit though, because I know there will be a massive flap and loads of drama where they ask me what's wrong and what they can do to fix it and panic about how they're going to get all the work done and the fact that I'm the only one who knows lots of very important things and blah blah blah... Which wouldn't just happen once, it would happen repeatedly, across time and with different people. It would be a massive time suck and energy drain. I'd rather just get a new job so they know they know there's no point arguing about it!
I'll see how it goes though. If work is turning into a hassle again and is preventing me from focusing on the hunt, then I will reconsider and potentially brave the annoying conversations!
Three months' notice is actually fairly common over here. I've had three months' notice for the last seven years, across three different companies. It's pretty much the standard notice period in my industry - I'm not sure about other industries. It is on the high side and it's a bit stupid really. The rationale is that it gives the company time to find a replacement. But, the replacement tends to have a three month notice as well so it's completely counter productive! (And most companies just faff about till the end of the notice period anyway, mine does anyway if the replacement of my direct report is anything to go by). It is however often negotiable - I was told this by our outgoing head of policy last week (I'm assuming he negotiated his!). So hopefully there is wiggle room on it.
In other news: I spent this afternoon doing an application that said (on the external jobs website) that the deadline was 13th November. I got to the point of submitting and it told the deadline had passed on the 28th October. This turned out to be what was written on the company website, but I hadn't noticed that. I am FURIOUS! What a waste of time. I'm having a go anyway though, it's for a charity that I have a regular donation to so I emailed the supporter care email and said what had happened and asked if they could pass my application on/ extend given the miscommunication.. let's see...3 -
Hi all. Didn’t manage to post goals this morning even though I wrote them! Still feeling quite positive about the thinking I did over the weekend and my ability to change things up. I’ve noticed that if I can ride the wave of temptation (food or the lazier choice for example) it passes fairly quickly and I feel good again. And I’m telling myself that I’m every time I make a better choice I am waking up those habits that worked well for me before this recent blip. Think I just need to stay mindful and keep tweaking my routines to stay on track....
Sunday goals recap:
- gym workout with N ✅
- Coffee after gym ✅
- Grocery shopping ✅
- Online shopping ✅
- Finish laundry ❎
- Get kids prepped for return to school✅
- Prep lunch for tomorrow✅
- Bed by 9:30✅
Monday goals:
morning workout ✅
Pack bags and lunch/snacks. Remember running medals and t-shirts ✅
Early to school. Prep for assembly presentation ✅
Book day off for pre-op assessment ✅
Request note from hospital for work and gym membership freeze❎
Email L teacher re parents eve ✅
Leave by 5 ❎ 5:10! 😄
Eyebrows/❎tanning?✅
Finish laundry ✅
Bed by 9:30 ✅
Hope you’re all having a fabulous Monday, that the Halloween treats have gone and we are all focussed on Christmas or thanksgiving. @bookmeister86 I will def look up that podcast. I really like half size me and it’s been a while since I listened - thanks for the reminder. @Bex953172 - sounds like you’ve had one of those days you just need to write off. Hope you get a decent rest. X2 -
Locked in co healthcare a year ago.cschmitz110515 wrote: »
@cory17 My retirement "countdown" list is pretty simple:- age 62 & eligible for SS benefits = done (Oct. 2019)
- vest 100% in 401(k) at work (Jan. 2021)
- age 64 for increased SS benefits (Oct. 2021)
- age 65 for Medicare (I am health insurance holder for myself & hubby and he's 2+ years younger ~ we may purchase coverage for him ourselves, we've done that when I was consulting)
- age 66 higher SS benefits (Oct. 2023)
- age 66 1/2 my full retirement age for SS (April 2024)
- I do not intend to work past April 2024 & hubby will be 64
Find a better tax state then Ca - looking, this is one of issues. Our kids are scattering, and where we currently live is getting so crowded and hostile. dh wants a location where he can continue to work w/same co, would like along the coast, and wants to upgrade . This is a big stress, don't see the point, or the need, don't want any more cost, and who would be taking care of it.
I've gone for planning and at 62 1/2 to 63 will maximize. That's about 4 more years, health issues the last few years have me focusing on the goal even more.
Don't even know what else should be in there.
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Morning all. Another success with the new approach this morning. I’ve realised that I need to tackle my all or nothing approach to fitness as well as food. This morning I was set to do my usual 90+ minute home workout but time ran away from me as I was procrastinating and feeling sore from yesterday. Normally I would get annoyed with myself and write off the day. Instead I chose parts of my workout that I enjoy and still offer a good challenge without worsening any injuries and I did 60 minutes! Maybe not the same impact as my usual but definitely better than nothing.
Need to keep strategising like this because I feel like I’m finally (towards the end of the year) working towards that balanced approach I wanted to achieve. Maybe, just maybe....!
Tuesday goals:
morning workout ✅
Pack lunch, snacks and schoolbags
Sort science lesson sequence with student teacher on arrival
Check with M re student observation on Thursday
Emails to A and C
Book restaurant for Thursday
Call hospital re letters for work and gym
Leave by 5:30
Put away laundry
Bed by 9:30
Have a great day all x4 -
I had a very productive day yesterday. I submitted two job applications (though one turned out to have an expired deadline, so that will probably turn out to be pointless), went to the gym, called my mum, did a load of washing and sorted out a ton of emails. Phew!
I had more to do, but after that I was completely shattered - particularly as I had spent Sat/Sun doing job application and hadn't really had much fun/rest. So I decided to give myself a break and lie on the couch watching Terminator (which I'd never seen and surprisingly enjoyed!!) and having some gin.
The emojis below reflect the above
Yesterday's commitments:
- Log everything I eat
- Be in the green with 300 deficit (exercise calories)
- No alcohol
- 4 bottles water
- Go to gym
- No eating while standing
- Savour every bite
- Talk back to sabotaging thoughts
- Give myself credit!
- Stay positive
- Do 1+ thing in French
- Sort out emails (job/ other)
- Sort out finances
- Plan job application strategy
- Start a job application
- Fill out health form
- Ring mum
- Talk to upstairs neighbours about water leak(!)
- Gratitude journal
- Lights off by 11pm
Today's commitments:
- Log everything I eat
- Be in the green
- 3 bottles water
- No eating whilst standing
- Savour every bite
- Talk back to sabotaging thoughts
- Give myself credit!
- Stay positive
- 45+ minute lunch break
- Finish work by 6.30pm
- Do 1+ thing in French
- Job prep
- Do health forms
- Do finances
- Speak to neighbour about leak
- Gratitude journal
- Lights off by 11
Words for 2019: Mindful Moderation3 -
JFT Tuesday
- 8 waters
- Walk dog (weather dependent) it's raining this morning but I walk him at night so we'll see!
- Exercise (maybe) not really a strict goal this one.2 -
Halloween over-indulgence in chocolate 🍫 and complacency are having a detrimental effect on my scale progress. Being much more sensible, so hoping for a better results.
The only failure is giving up!============================================================
DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
NAME: Terri
SW: 167.4
GW: 162.4
28/08: 162.4 - 5 lb It’s taken almost the whole month! And I could be up again tomorrow. 😂
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DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE 2
NAME: Terri
SW: 162.4 (28/08)
GW: 157.4
25/09: CW: 157.2 - 5.2
WOO! HOO! 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
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DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE 3
NAME: Terri
SW: 157.2 (26/09)
GW: 152.2
07/10: CW: 155.8 - 1.4 lb 😃
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DISCARD 5 LBS CHALLENGE 4
NAME: Terri
SW: 156.0 (08/10)
GW: 151
05/11: CW: 152.8 - 3.2 Still in the wrong direction!!! I need to get back on track!!!
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Daily GoalsJFT: Mon 04 Nov- Food: log All food and drink; stay under goal; balance macros/micros; Hydrate adequately; NLNS!!!
- Exercise: Knee Physio; 7,500+ Steps daily; 30 + minutes intentional exercise
- Other: Daily Mindfulness Practice/Meditation;; Practice Self-care; Positively reframe thoughts; Learn something new; 15 mins Daily Declutter session
Goals: 💡💡💡 I need to be more mindful of what I'm eating.
Activities:- 👍🏻 10.30am: Creative Writing
- 👍🏻 2 pm: Monday Painters 👩🎨
Goals:
Activities- 10.30am: Patchwork Group
- 1.30pm: Lunch with friend/helping her with PP presentation
Love this idea!aubyshortcake wrote: »Good morning all! I've been getting so behind in this thread, but I'm back and I've decided to make a challenge for myself. Anyone else who wants to do it is more than welcome - my challenge is to stay within my calories every day until Thanksgiving. It's going to be really hard but I know I can do this..plus having a day like Thanksgiving to look forward to should help!
JFT 11/4:
1. Stay within calorie goal
2. Finish work at 5:20
3. Do dishes
4. Walk dogs
Calorie Goal Challenge ~|~ Start Date: 4 Nov
Days Under: ✅
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JFT Monday 4th November
Back exercises, at least 2 sets yes, 2 sets
Neck exercises yes
Gratitude yes
Do not buy chocolate none bought
Get winter duvet down from loft yes
Stick down rug, again, first attempt didn't work no
Sort paperwork no
JFT Tuesday 5th November
Back exercises, 2 sets
Neck exercises
Gratitude
Do not buy chocolate
Walk
Sort paperwork
Check car insurance, runs out tomorrow!
The bracelet I wear most days has a phrase carved on the inside, I've just realised today how appropriate it is for this thread ...It says "Just for today I will not worry"
DISCARD 5LBS CHALLENGE 4
NAME: Ellie
SW: 181
GW: 176
CW: 5/11 179 -2lbs
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Good morning! Yesterday went well, I think having Thanksgiving in mind really helped. It looked like it was going to storm all day though so I didn't get to walk the dogs. Hopefully today I can..
Yesterday 11/4:
1. Stay within calorie goal😁
2. Finish work at 5:20😔
3. Do dishes😁
4. Walk dogs😔
JFT 11/5:
1. Stay within calorie goal
2. Finish work at 5:20
3. Do dishes
4. Walk dogs2 -
JFT Tuesday
1. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. Balance work. Feed cats. Meds. Tea!
2. Before school: Check class websites. Update first directions. Review and print Machiavelli notes. Pull up Machiavelli documentary.
3. Class 1: Malala ch 6-11; NoRedInk. Grade 10 projects.
4. Class 2-3: Check challenge book. Notes on parallel structure. Paraphrase Declaration. Parallel structure practice online. Update GR if not previously done. Reflection due THURSDAY.
5. Planning: Call parents if students have not returned PRs. Work on open enrollment. Call insurance. Call senator and set up class visit. What assessments for Machiavelli? Grade 5 projects.
6. Drink more water. No, more. Keep the pitcher in the fridge full. You're not actually hungry. Make some tea. Drink more water!
7. Lifting. Run? Dinner: Pizza? Work on open enrollment.
8. Read 20 pages of Rage. Update Goodreads. Weigh and prep celery.
9. Gratitude journal. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. Meds. Floss, rinse, brush teeth. Alarm set for 5:00.
10. Ask about how to support new AP. Practice hair braiding with D. Check on appts for drs. Remind D to ask his dad about the table. Check with D about ceiling. START BLOGGING AGAIN. 3 posts/week? Create test for MLA format. Create unit plan for Malala. Put jewelry away. Fold laundry. Therapy exercises: lunges, push-ups, ankle lifts, box jumps, plank. Remember that M does not like surprises! Check dates of classes and update semester plan. Request parent meeting with KC and BW. MEETING THURSDAY AM.
Scale goalsEnd of 2017: 174.6
End of 2018: 189.2
January 2019: 186.0
February 2019: 187.0
Today: 192.6
Ongoing plans/ideas behind the cut1. Purchases: Look for an "ugly Christmas sweater" and a long-haired doll at thrift stores. Practice French braiding. Go to used bookstore and look for On Writing (Stephen King), Dying for a Paycheck (Robin Hardman), The Prince (tr. Tim Parks, Russell Price, or Robert Adams), The Secret Adversary (Christie).
2. E2: What should the controlling ideas be in a study of world literature? Review world lit options. Create vocabulary lists for each unit that come from the texts used: Animal Farm, Julius Caesar, Wes Moore, I Am Malala. Find a way to incorporate changing words from one part of speech to another. Students need to know how to review multiple sources and synthesize information in order to draw a conclusion. Need practice with the difference between transitions and overlapping (at end of paragraph - "another issue is Y" vs "there are other issues besides X"). Quit using "in conclusion" and "I believe" and other writing-about-my-writing phrases. Confusion between direct/indirect objects and prepositional phrases. Use the UDHR and the Declaration of Independence to study paraphrasing; use that to front-load Machiavelli and how to deal with challenging texts. Confusion between everyday / every day and similar constructions.
3. E1: Need practice with quoting & paraphrasing sources, identifying claims that would need support, use of last names for reference, and capitalization practice (common/proper nouns, titles). Difficulty using possessive nouns in their own writing. Honors: practice subject/object pronouns (my friend and I / my friend and me). Poetry: Revise "Songs are Poetry" handouts.
4. Curriculum Development: Writing mini-unit. Review scholarly research on 5PE. (I think I can have this as an intro to the research unit so that they also get exposure to how quotes are integrated and cited.) Parallel structure; use of emotional language, specific detail. Use "Write About a Pebble" lesson from Atwell. How long should each unit take? Do research on characteristics: curiosity, persistence, resilience, creativity, responsibility, optimism, courage, integrity, authenticity, leadership, self-awareness, humility, compassion - others? Include grammarly check on essays! Review assessments. What is the purpose for each unit? What should the controlling ideas be in a study of world literature? Review world lit options. Schedule assessments for Fall 2019; plan out return times. Write 1 reflection weekly; type one in Classroom by Weds. Copy-paste to PB for comments due Friday. PB usernames 6 digits, no 19 or 20s, no birthdates. Homework: Online journal Mon due Tue; Reflection Tue due Wed; C&P journal in class Wed; Comments Thu due Fri. Bonus if you are the first response; further bonus if you respond to comments on your post. Grammar practice Mon & Wed; quiz Fri.
5. Professional Development: Write blog post weekly. Comment on 3 posts each week -Tu Th Sun? Check with PSC. Talk with Z about articles and/or conference proposals. NOTE: ATTENDED PRE FLEX DAY.
6. Medical: Dentist Apr 30 8 AM but check on meetings and RS. Onco Apr ???. PCP Schedule for July. ObG schedule for October. PCP - allergy shots?
7. Theater: What's next?
8. House: Mineral oil on tile spots. Check with D about ceiling.
9. Fun: Open beading on Thursdays. Coloring at library on Tuesday. Put jewelry away. Edney Hack Nights alt Weds. ASL? Spanish/Portuguese practice? Practice piano. ROL Secret Adversary. Buy new bikes and bike rack for car.
10. Volunteering ideas: Theater. Library. Animal shelter.
WFTY: Climbing. I have new tea! Last night I tried the "maple apple cider" and this morning it's pumpkin spice
Edit: Grading. Bleh. :P3 -
JFT
1. Log all food ✔
2. Eat packed lunch ✔
3. Cook dinner at home ✔
4. Only one candy, only after fruit ✔
5. Waters ✔
6. Set up roku ✔
7. Bed by 9 ✔
@aubyshortcake your Thanksgiving goal really helped me yesterday!! I wanted all the things...but I only indulged in half portions or not at all and actually haf a great logging day! Thanksgiving is my favorite so its great to think towards it with some balance. Thanks!
JFT
1. Eat packed lunch
2. Log all food
3. Waters
4. Cook dinner at home
5. Pack lunches
6. Only one candy, only after fruit
7. In bed by 9, lights out by 9304 -
pridesabtch wrote: »JFT Monday
- Up early to fix cinnamon rolls for Sierra's birthday
- Work on time
- Write and issue Addendum 1 to the Global Lab 3Q report.
- Buy new jeans that will fit around my waist as I have a business casual training next week and have nothing to wear. Always leery buying jeans on line. It's a brand I know, but of course a bigger size than I've had before. And damn nice jeans are expensive! But the last ones I bought at Kohls just don't fit my body right. They stretch, look baggie, gap and fall off as I have no hips.
- Catch up with JFT group. boy I miss y'all when I'm away
- Join 3 month challenge. Thank Terri. A little intimidated by this, but ok.
- Eat the lunch I brought. Comfort food, but a known quantity.
- Log my day, but not worry too much about calories. That was a little scary with the birthday cake and the spoon full of icing I had while making the cake.
- Limit to one treat during the day and one at night.
- Sierra's favorite spaghetti for dinner. Maybe whip up a few cupcakes, she was disappointed by the cookie cake I bought. She wanted mom's cake. Made me smile. It was nice to surprise her with the cake.
- Do my Bible reading. I wasn't real focused on it, but I did it and I'm glad
- Do gratitude journal. I'm honestly not sure why I didn't do this. It was a conscious choice not to, but I don't know why.
- Get back to the things that have made me successful in the past. Going home and doing things rather than laying on the couch made a huge difference in my day. It felt good to be productive.
- Bed by 11:00pm
Yesterday was a pretty big win. My calories were way over, but I planned for that and logged it where in the past I wouldn't have.
I left work early yesterday to bake Sierra a cake. I baked. I made dinner. I cleaned up around the house. This is so the opposite of what my evenings have looked like over the past several months. I had just been going home and laying on the couch, maybe putting a load of laundry in. As laying down has been my norm, I was drawn to it yesterday. I put the cakes in and thought "I'll lay down while they bake." instead I cleaned up the kitchen. I took the cakes out and thought "I'll lay down while they cool." instead I made icing and cleaned the floors down stairs. I put the crumb coat on the cake and thought "I'll lay down while the crumb coat sets in the fridge." I started dinner. When my younger daughter came home from school, she saw me up and doing things rather than zoned out on the couch. When my older daughter got home dinner was nearly ready and I was not just zoned out on the couch. This is much more the person I'm meant to be, not the distant slug of a person I have been. I feel a large part of this is the decreased medication. I actually want to do things. I know I won't be completely without medication, but I look forward to trying a new lighter cocktail that leaves me more "me" and less "slug". I swear I never really noticed how out of touch I had become.
JFT Tuesday
- On time for work
- Journal
- Finish logging Monday's intake
- Check in on JFT folks
- Log all intake
- Do at least one thing after work instead of laying on the couch.
- 1 Load of laundry
- Bible Reading
- Gratitude Journal
- One small treat during the day. One small piece of cake in the evening.
- No alcohol
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